Scripts

James Loos has written the award winning scripts Missing and In the Heart of the Rain, as well as the short Scrambled Eggs, with Steve Schoen. Read more.

[dɪ-stræk-shuhn]noun
1. a thing that serves as diversion or entertainment.
2. an interruption; obstacle to concentration.
[en-ter-teyn-muhnt]noun
1. agreeable diversion for the mind.
2. a thing affording pleasure or amusement.
3. the ultimate weapon of mass distraction.

My LiséFor love of country, she enlisted. For love of family, she endured.

Captured by the Gestapo during WWII, Odette Sansom (Resistance code name Lisé) endures physical and psychological torture in Fresnes Prison and Ravensbruck Concentration Camp to make it home again to her children. A hero of the British people, she was the first woman awarded the George Cross. Read a sample.

Recent widower David Kenyon must fight through his grief and learn what it means to be a father when his daughters are kidnapped by a mysterious stranger during a fire at a Renaissance fair. Read a sample.

News and Musings

War Writer For Hire I didn’t set out to write scripts about war, but my Nicholl winning WWI script, The Greater Glory, has propelled me in that direction. In 2013 I was hired to write a Vietnam War script based on the book Captain For Dark Mornings by Shad Meshad. It is the true story of a Psych Officer, who ... Continue reading →

Welcome to Distraction Entertainment Of all the names in the universe, we picked this. Why? Because it’s a name which represents who we imagine ourselves to be. Is it truly who we are, or just the best we could come up with on short notice? Or even long notice?
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